Table 31a: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, New York State - 2020

Category Total Number(2) Total Percent Race(1)/Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Other Number Other Percent Hispanic Number(3) Hispanic Percent
All Deaths 203,393 100.0 147,193 100.0 34,444 100.0 18,550 100.0 25,840 100.0
Sex
Male 104,467 51.4 74,409 50.6 17,375 50.4 10,547 56.9 14,568 56.4
Female 98,919 48.6 72,781 49.4 17,067 49.5 8,001 43.1 11,271 43.6
Not Stated 7 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0
Age
< 1 850 0.4 409 0.3 247 0.7 132 0.7 179 0.7
1 - 9 232 0.1 141 0.1 48 0.1 40 0.2 50 0.2
10 - 19 547 0.3 307 0.2 153 0.4 78 0.4 115 0.4
20 - 24 1,029 0.5 605 0.4 274 0.8 141 0.8 232 0.9
25 - 34 3,552 1.7 2,191 1.5 896 2.6 392 2.1 763 3.0
35 - 44 5,403 2.7 3,310 2.2 1,267 3.7 666 3.6 1,288 5.0
45 - 54 10,617 5.2 6,322 4.3 2,617 7.6 1,373 7.4 2,357 9.1
55 - 64 25,064 12.3 15,580 10.6 6,224 18.1 2,666 14.4 4,031 15.6
65 - 74 38,761 19.1 26,555 18.0 7,599 22.1 3,835 20.7 5,152 19.9
75 - 84 48,605 23.9 35,621 24.2 7,809 22.7 4,475 24.1 5,788 22.4
85+ 68,722 33.8 56,146 38.1 7,310 21.2 4,752 25.6 5,884 22.8
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 48,301 23.7 35,249 23.9 8,481 24.6 3,806 20.5 4,822 18.7
Mal Neoplasms 32,782 16.1 25,409 17.3 4,515 13.1 2,585 13.9 2,944 11.4
Cerebrovas Dis 6,433 3.2 4,738 3.2 1,062 3.1 566 3.1 716 2.8
AIDS 427 0.2 139 0.1 232 0.7 24 0.1 113 0.4
Pneumonia 4,303 2.1 3,117 2.1 675 2.0 441 2.4 575 2.2
CLRD 6,566 3.2 5,491 3.7 722 2.1 294 1.6 460 1.8
Diabetes Mellitus 5,387 2.6 3,422 2.3 1,320 3.8 541 2.9 736 2.8
Accidents 8,637 4.2 6,319 4.3 1,473 4.3 661 3.6 1,373 5.3
COVID-19 36,337 17.9 21,453 14.6 8,135 23.6 5,660 30.5 8,641 33.4
Other 54,220 26.7 41,856 28.4 7,829 22.7 3,972 21.4 5,460 21.1
Institution
Hospital 91,565 45.0 59,481 40.4 19,250 55.9 10,928 58.9 15,770 61.0
Home/Pub Place 59,356 29.2 45,476 30.9 8,641 25.1 4,456 24.0 6,070 23.5
Nursing Home 38,428 18.9 30,507 20.7 5,099 14.8 2,380 12.8 2,933 11.4
Hospice 8,744 4.3 7,711 5.2 646 1.9 379 2.0 443 1.7
Oth Institution 5,240 2.6 3,971 2.7 801 2.3 403 2.2 617 2.4
Type of Disposition
Burial 92,675 45.6 64,145 43.6 17,776 51.6 8,945 48.2 10,984 42.5
Cremation 101,504 49.9 75,141 51.0 15,796 45.9 9,196 49.6 14,354 55.5
Other/Unknown 9,214 4.5 7,907 5.4 872 2.5 409 2.2 502 1.9

(1) Race coding based on 2000 Census categories: White Alone, Black Alone, Other, Not Stated.

(2) Total Deaths includes deaths with race "Not Stated", age "Not Stated", institution "Not Stated".

(3) Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.